2013-05-23 CNN: Bitcoin more powerful than fastest supercomputers Today at 11:44:47 AM #1 Quote The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful supercomputers. Easily. The matchup isn't even close. http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/23/technology/enterprise/bitcoin-supercomputers/